Maverick plays his last hand. (James Garner dies at 86)

[Pezzle]

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/21/movies/james-garner-actor-dies-at-86.html

I always liked his roles in Maverick and The Rockford Files.  The put upon anti-hero.  From war veteran to dishwasher, he always struck me as a well grounded guy. 

R.I.P.

[Nebu]

I'll remember him for Rockford and the Great Escape.  Another icon lost. 

 

[Surlyboi]

I only recently learned that the answering machine messages at the beginning of each Rockford Files episodes were different.

[Khaldun]

Really loved the character he played in almost everything. Had great presence as an actor.

[Stormwaltz]

This is a rare one to hit me in the feels.

I remember flipping through channels bored in college, and stumbling upon "Support Your Local Sheriff." I liked him instantly. I liked him every place I saw him afterwards. Smart and snarky. It was like watching someone I hung out with transported back in time.

[HaemishM]

As a kid, I watched the shit out of the Rockford Files. I don't remember much about it, other than Jim Rockford always seeming to take a beatdown from thugs about half an hour into each episode.

[WayAbvPar]

My dad loved Rockford, and I saw a lot of it as a kid. I wish I would have been older when it was on- I think I would have really enjoyed it. I still liked it as a kid but a lot of the real brilliance went over my head. Garner was good in pretty much anything he was in, even when he was older. Loved his work.

[Sir T]

One of the really good guys, on all levels.